$100,000 Crossword — $10 Maryland scratch-off ticket
MD · #815 · $10

$100,000 Crossword

Maryland· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.75

USA percentile

80th

of 2,082 games

Top prizes left

9

$100,000 tier

% sold-through

2026-08-31

Forecast sellout

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$100,000 Crossword is a $10 scratch-off game from the Maryland (game #815). As of the most recent daily scan, 9 top prizes of $100 remain unclaimed, as published by the Maryland. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 3.05. Our models put its expected value at 0.75 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.75 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.75 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

  1. 1.100% of $100,000 prizes still unclaimed at ??% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
  2. 2.Ranks in the 80th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

8 tiers · % remaining
$100K
9/9
100%
$10K
13/13
$1K
22/22
$500
260/271
$100
7.0K/7.3K
$50
190.5K/197.3K
$20
230.3K/238.3K
$10
491.4K/508.5K

Total unclaimed prize value: $20.93M — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.

EV percentile · USA + state

vs 2,082 active games

Where this game ranks versus all active US scratch-offs (USA) and all active MD games (state). Better means more unclaimed prize value relative to remaining tickets.

USA median · 50th0.67 EV/$
MD median0.72 EV/$
YOU · 80th
USA: 80th percentileMD: 59th percentile

Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining

historical + P50 projection
Not enough historical data to render chart.

Claim heat · 30-day strip

claims per day, all tiers
30d ago15dlast 7d · +323%

Trailing 7-day claim rate 323% above the 30-day mean — velocity accelerating.

Price vs EV — MD field

104 games · break-even highlighted
$0$15$30$520.000.250.500.93YOU

No other active MD games currently clear break-even.

Top-prize claim cadence · the roll

Top-prize claim history is not published for this state.

States that report individual claim events (TX, NY, PA, FL, NC) will show a full timeline here. This game's state does not currently publish that data.

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